Wringing-machine



UNITED STATES JAMES E. ATWOOD, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

wRiNGlNG-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,361. dated August 15, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. ATWooD, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have made a new and useful Improvementin Wrin ging-Machines; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the nature, construction, and operation of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made part of this specification, and in Which- Figure 1 isa longitudinal vertical section, the upper roller being in elevation. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section.

The improvement consists in the combination of tWo rollers, one of wood and the other covered with an elastic materialindia-rubber in some of its forms preferred-one of the said rollers having a concave face and the other a convex face, so as to correspond approximately one below, it desired. The larger concave roller B is formed of wood, and on its shaft D is the square for the attachment ofthe handcrank. The convex roller consists of wood covered with rubber, the Wooden core being swelled in the middle and the rubber pipe be ing drawn over it. Beneath the journals ot' the lower roller are elastic bearings E, and a board, F, with an elliptic guide-orifice, directs .the clothes in their passage to tbe rollers. A drip-board, G, is placed below to direct the Wrung-out water back to the wash-tub, and the cap H and cleat I brace the machine. The upper edge of the tub enters the slot K in the side pieces, A A.

The object of the arrangement is eiiiciency, economy, and the avoidance of materials injurious to the clothes.

Having described my invention, what l claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the concave wooden roller andthe convex rubber-covered roller, substantiall)r as used, for the purpose described.

` JAMES E. ATWOOD. Witnesses:

W. F. EATON, S. G. CLARKE. 

